Boats Against the Current
About me: I like Starbucks' black tea lattes and shaken vodka martinis, Banana Republic and most "preppy" fashion, strange music, Invisible Monsters, rolling chairs with a level surface on which to roll, Chuck Bass, organized work spaces, history, and multiples of five.You can follow my culinary ventures with Ms. McMackin at www.jcwatchout.blogspot.com/
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Regular Segments on this blog:
-Those Cheeky Homosexuals
-The Moth
-Food and or Drink of the Week
-My Fashion Sense is Tingling
My title comes from a quote in The Great Gatsby:
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Jordan:I almost wanted to say 'endure' because it would be like Batman but thats what you are doing
- Me:That's because...
- Me:I
- Me:Am
- Me:Batman
- Jordan:...
- Me:Actually. The Penguin is much cooler...but still.
Dear god. That is so…cute. The hair, the suit, the pose…I guess I’m even more superficial than I thought.
Fuck Yeah Russia
What is there to say besides, fuck yes. It only seems natural for a Russiophile like myself to start following a tumblr called “Fuck Yeah Russia”. You might want to check it out. They’ve got some damned good stuff.
Food and or Drink of the Week
I don’t know why but this looks unbelievably appealing to me. I know I kind of missed FDW by a few days but I figure it’s as flexible as I make it. So, for those of you looking for a quick lunch idea I would recommend this. It looks like a great way to get your veggies and, let’s be honest, who doesn’t like bleu cheese?! As always the recipe is attached to the picture for your enjoyment. Feast and be merry!
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I’ve been watching a LOT of Mad Men lately. The whole show is bliss…but the musical composition makes it all the more perfect. This is Manhattan by Ella Fitzgerald. Enjoy.
"We drink because it’s good; because it feels better than unbuttoning your collar; because we deserve it. We drink because it’s what men do."
Mad Men
Why? Why not!
I found this yacht a few days ago. I could, technically, call this the return of If I had Disposable Income but I’d rather just feature it on it’s own without the pressure of keeping another regular segment. This yacht looks like pure bliss. It’s shape is unique (it kind of looks like a floating shoe sole) and that interior looks sublimely simplistic. May I point out that there are no shots of a gratuitous plasma screen? See…this is what I want. A luxury yacht like this and a cute boy with which to sail the world. I don’t think that’s too much to ask. Sadly, I probably won’t get this kind of ‘disposable income’ on a history professor’s budget. Corporate law maybe…but never teaching.
A Case of Multiple Personalities
I am Ed Westwick by day and Mathew Bomer by night. Thanks Cory! :P
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Heartbeat Radio by Sondre Lerche…ya…he’s pretty much the shit. I’ve fallen into obsession as of late.
You know you're a history major when...
…you get chills after reading a passage in a text titled “The Coming of the French Revolution”
The passage in question:”When the marquis de Dreux-Breze, grandmaster of ceremonies, reminded them of the king’s orders, Bailly responded: ‘The nation when assembled cannot be given orders.’ Mirabeau, from where he stood, cried out to the courtier the words that remained traditionally symbolic of the whole session: ‘We will not leave except by force of the bayonet.’ Sieyes summed up, in his lapidary style: ‘You are today what you were yesterday.’ This amounted to saying that the Assembly, like the Perlements of former days, held the king’s orders to be void. The Assembly confirmed it’s earlier acts and declared its members inviolable.”
I’d say that’s a pretty impressive course of events.
"What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been until now? Nothing. What does it ask? To be something.” -Sieyes"
Short, direct, and easy to teach the populace, this series of lines is a great way of illustrating the anger of the Third Estate leading up to the French revolution.
Pretty absurdly handsome.
New Theme
I’m making more changes…I’m still trying to find ‘the perfect theme’ it’s between this one and Time Turner both by tomriddle. I can’t really decide so you can expect it to change often over the next few days as I experiment.
White Death
Wow. Just wow. I don’t think I’d want to go up against an enemy who could kill a person at four hundred yards with only a iron sited bolt action rifle.
Mad About Mad Men
First off, I’m sure thousands of people have used that title but I thought it was witty at the time. I’m sticking with it.
Second, if you haven’t seen this show. I highly recommend it. Now, generally, this is not the sort of thing that I would have picked up on my own and started watching. I had a little help. Like most of my favorite shows, I started out being forced to watch it. With House it was with my family, with Glee it was with ‘The Hammer’ eating pizza, with Gossip Girl it was with several crazy (read as ‘awesome’) people (see The Hammer, Herr Sneen, and The Material Monster), and with Mad Men it was with my film class. Since our class focuses on the convergence of art, commerce, and technology, Mad Men set the stage for our first unit which centers directly on the advertising industry. After watching the first episode I can’t say there is a better introduction to the cutthroat world of advertising.
Mad Men is wonderful in many ways. While it’s a thoughtful time piece (with nice attention to detail) it also has some of the fastest and wittiest dialog I’ve seen in quite some time. Of course, there is also no shortage of handsome men in very expensive suits and while that may be, for many, the only reason one needs to start a new show, Mad Men does many other things quite well (cinematography, acting, script, etc). Since this kind of ‘review’ is certainly not my forte I will only request that you watch the first episode and see what I’m talking about. I hope that you enjoy this little bit of modern television as much as I am.
Click the pic for the season one trailer. Cheers!
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